I use oil, ink, flashe, acrylic, watercolor, and gouache on panel, canvas, linen, and paper for my paintings. Recent works in collage include added foil and found objects over flashe, ink and acrylic on paper. The monotypes have additional watercolor to the ink prints.
“Mary Helen Follingstad’s paintings are dynamic meditations on truths gleaned from the natural world. Whether realist or abstract, these works often conjure the contours of a horizon, the light of sunrise, or the textures of the earth. " Lauren Tresp
Follingstad holds an MFA from the University of Colorado and a BFA from the University of Denver. She is a native of Santa Fe, and her work has been exhibited widely in New Mexico since the early 2000s.
You can reach her at mhfollingstad(at)gmail.com.
Selected Juried Shows
The Art Center at the Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos-Miniature Show (February 2003)
The Art Center at the Fuller Lodge -Enchanted by Bandelier Show (August 2003)
Masterworks of New Mexico (April 2004)
2004 National Small Works Show – Red Dot Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Inside 8 – Center for Contemporary Arts - Santa Fe, NM (May 2004)
Encantada! Rio Grande Art Association Annual Juried Show – 2004
National Water Color Society – All Member Exhibition -2005
Collect New Mexico – Museum of New Mexico Foundation – 2005
Masterworks of New Mexico—Miniature Show (April 2007)
The Art Center at the Fuller Lodge – Red Dominant Show – 2008
St Johns College Alumni Shew - 2012
Santa Fe Artists Showcase - Historic Santa Fe Foundation - 2017
New Mexico Art League - Works on Paper -2020
Site Santa Fe - Silver Linings Post Card Exhibition - 2020
Gallery Representation
Artistas de Santa Fe Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico (2003-7)
Metaform Gallery, Taos, New Mexico (2003-5)
Mesas Edge, Taos, New Mexico (2005-7)
One Person Exhibitions
Tybie Davis Sutin Gallery in the Santa Fe Public Library - March 2004
First National Bank of Santa Fe – Custom Banking Office – August-December 2008
Wells Fargo Bank Gallery, Santa Fe, NM – October 2008
New Mexico State Land Office Exhibition Space - October 2012